Warren | Jiawei Wu PORTFOLIO
FURNITURE & PRODUCT DESIGN
Hi, my name is Warren. I am studying Furniture and Product design in Nottingham Trent University, second year in my course. In this portfolio, I am going to showcase few of my university projects yet I have done. Currently looking for placement.
Warren | Jiawei Wu
Furniture and product design Year 2 Nottingham Trent University Shakespeare St, Nottingham NG1 4FQ https://5warren.wordpress.com/ TEL: +44 (0) 7472467010 E-mail: warren5design@outlook.com
PENGUIN DONKEY MINIMALIST CHAIR OAK & HAZEL CHAIR CANDLE HOLDER TASK LAMP SOFA BED SUSTAINABILITY
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Donkey Mark Four
Isokon Penguin Donkey range is a classic in furniture design. In order to successfully re-design this master piece, it is all about one word -
“ H ER IT AG E ” To reinvent without losing its identity.
Cardboard model testing - the increased open space and angel smoothens users’ access.
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Portable
Flexible Storage
Wide Access Angle
SPECIFICATION
The New Donkey design provides storage space which
could be accessed from a wide angle and be use in multiple manners. Opening up lots more options to user. Meanwhile, inherits the iconic laminated plywood aesthetic from some of the Isokon most well-known designs.
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MINIMALIST CHAIR
“
LESS
IS MORE ”
A series of Furniture I drew that inspired by Minimalist design.
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An unibody like design makes the
Minimalist chair a really eye-catching piece. To achieve the shape, backrest and sit was laminated with aero-ply. Plywood forming the main body of the chair and the other legs are made of metal. Simple structure let it match well with the contempory style.
R30
350
100
° 0 9
SPECIFICATION
780
100
460
R30
680
20
630
R3
0
265
R3
0
430
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Oak And Hazel Range Originally by
Sebastian Cox
Oak And Hazel Chair 2017 byHeal’s
This design was aim to cel-
eberate the material properties of wood. Stylely trying to much the aesthetic of the existing Oak and Hazel Desk completing the office set.
Magical combination of Oak & Hazel Oak and Hazel Chair is the newly release for an existing Heal’s line up by Warren Wu. Each piece is handcrafted, most jointing and details are visible telling the story of its own manufacture processes. Designed to celebrate the Arts and Crafts heritage of Heal's, this chair consists of an a-framed coppiced hazel frame with smoothly carved oak forming a solid and substantial carcass. Also, well-considered ergonimic handle under Oak frame making it easy to be moved. The Oak & Hazel chair is a designer piece that fits in any office and home environment. £599
Cardboard model - experimenting with the design style relationship between chair and desk.
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5
4
F
2
1
Domino Joint Finger joint
Handle
500 560
Domino Joint
E
Handle
400 450
R1 5
D
Handle
5°
°
350 100x25x12.5mm
408 25
B
30
430
75
5° 20
25
200
440
25
465
C
610
800
25
410
50
10
R5
Oak And Hazel Chair 2017 byHeal’s
Inspired by Heal’s existing Oak and Hazel range, designed by young designer Warren Wu, completing it with this adding chair line up. Using UK-based timber along traditional wood joint shows the appreciation for British craftsmanship and creates a pleasing aesthetics by the combination of Oak and Hazel.
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CHRISTMAS CANDLEHOLDER
This project was to design Christmas Decoration for a chosen brand -
Two sceneries of Christmas: indoor / outdoor
“Who does not like a good story?!�
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Available for the light holder, ash or aluminium.
Experimenting with glitter.
Place agaiinst wall
An Christmas Candle Holder, perfect home decoration for the holiday season.
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The Rhomb Desk Lamp is a directional light made in aluminium, steel, ash timber. The lamp is dimmable. The rhombus shape retractable join give it a clean & modern look. By pulling or pushing the small handle at the top of the stand, direction of the light can be adjusted.
Lamp Shade design
Changing light bulb on the Rhomb Lamp is just as simple as rotating it. Gently pulling the cable on the top of the lampw shade lets users reach the light bulb. Since the lamp shade is made of aluminium. It is light and smooth. Once the light bulb be pull out, following step would be an issue. When done, putting it back to the lamp shade slowly and everything would be back to place.
Rotation Lock Mechanism
Adjusting angle of the Rhomb lamp is straight forward. It could be done by pushing or pulling the small handles at top. The Rhomb lamp uses a unique rotation lock mechanism - ball spring.
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Rotation Sofa Bed Elegant and minimalist shape with an innovative mechainc design. Seating with different height create a new sitting sensation users. Easily convertible into bed with little afford.
Collaborated Project with Nick
Wang
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The new Springvale sofa bed provides the maximum
As a sofa, it offers great flexibility.
functionality in constricted space along with a contemporary asymmetric design that can fits well into modern interior. Simple push and pull transformation using gas springs, slide rail and linear guide.
When the room gets crowded, its lower seat can be rotated out and rise up to form a larger sofa adding two extra seating. In its current form, multiple levels of seating making it the sofa for both children and adults. No visible mechanism. The empty space under seating can be used for storage.
As
a bed, it offers a great night sleep with a high density reflex mattress form in three. Extra weight support by three steel legs at the expanded area. All mechanisms are hidden or covered to avoid the danger from young family members.
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T he True of SUST AINA BILIT Y
Many care about the environment, but fail to do thing right. With three of my designs, I hope to lead people step back in track from misconceptions and what as individual could do.
A candle holder using
symbols and the translucency of Bond China cleverly review the unrecyclable property of a disposable coffee cup.
COFFEE
LIGHT
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An upcycling design. Which only involve the simplest crafting proving that every one can contribute to prolong material life. And remember resource is finite, every little counts.
CABLE MANAGER
KETTLE
MUG
Research showed 75% British over-fill their kettle. New kettles try to reduce the over-filling energy waste by replacing “mL” with “Cups” on the meter. However, let users know how their mug can hold will be a much more effective solution.
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Thank you for your interest �
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